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Famous Birthdays on September 20
238 people
917 – 2003
September 20 has seen 238 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 917 – 2003. Below are the most significant names born on this date.
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1971 — Henrik Larsson
Swedish footballer and manager
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He had a loan spell at Manchester United, with whom he won the English Premier League in 2006–07, and retired in 2009.
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During his time in the Dutch Eredivisie, he won two KNVB Cups with Feyenoord
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Edward Henrik Larsson is a Swedish professional football coach and former player who played 106 times for the Swedish national team
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He moved to Feyenoord in November 1993, staying for four years before leaving in 1997 to join Scottish Premiership club Celtic and enjoying great success there
917
Emperor Takakura was the 80th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from 1168 through 1180.
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1161
1449
1486
Count of Nassau-Weilburg (died 1559)
Philip III, Count of Nassau-Weilburg was a Count of the Nassau-Weilburg. Among his major achievements were the introduction of the Reformation, the foundation of the Gymnasium Philippinum in Weilburg and the start of…
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1504
Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (died 1590)
Philipp IV of Hanau-Lichtenberg was from 1538 to 1590 the reigning Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg. Before his accession he had already conducted government business on behalf of his father, Count Philipp III. He was very…
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1514
German organist and composer (died 1661)
Gottfried Scheidt was a German composer and organist.
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1593
Christian the Younger of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, known as der tolle Halberstädter, was a German Protestant military leader during the early years of the Thirty Years' War. Christian fought in support of Frederick V of…
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1599
French priest and mystic, founder of the Society of Saint-Sulpice (died 1657)
Jean-Jacques Olier, S.S. was a French Catholic priest and the founder of the Sulpicians. He also helped to establish the Société Notre-Dame de Montréal, which organised the settlement of a new town called Ville-Marie in…
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1608
Italian missionary, cartographer and historian (died 1661)
Martino Martini was a Jesuit missionary in China. Born and raised in Trento, he worked as a cartographer and historian of ancient imperial China.
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1614
Italian violinist and composer (died 1751)
Giuseppe Matteo Alberti was an Italian Baroque composer and violinist.
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1685
1st Count of La Conquista, President of the First Government Junta of Chile (died 1811)
Mateo de Toro Zambrano y Ureta, 1st Count of La Conquista, was a prominent Spanish military and political figure of Criollo descent. He held the position of a knight in the Order of Santiago and was the lord of the…
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1685
1746
Haitian emperor (died 1806)
Jean-Jacques Dessalines was the first Haitian Emperor, leader of the Haitian Revolution, and the first ruler of an independent Haiti under the 1805 constitution. Initially regarded as governor-general, Dessalines was…
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1758
Russian admiral, cartographer, and explorer (died 1852)
Faddey Faddeyevich Bellingshausen or Fabian Gottlieb Benjamin von Bellingshausen was a Russian cartographer, explorer, and naval officer of Baltic German descent, who attained the rank of admiral. He participated in the…
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1778
American singer and composer (died 1879)
Benjamin Franklin White was a shape note "singing master", and compiler of the shape note tunebook known as The Sacred Harp. He was born near Cross Keys in Union County, South Carolina, the twelfth child of Robert and…
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1800
Australian politician, 7th Premier of Tasmania (died 1869)
Sir Richard Dry, KCMG was an Australian politician, the son of United Irish convict, who was Premier of Tasmania from 24 November 1866 until 1 August 1869 when he died in office. Dry was the first Tasmanian-born…
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1815
American inventor (died 1895)
Frederick Ellsworth Sickels was an American inventor, best known for the invention of a cut-off valve for steam engines in 1841.
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1819
American general (died 1863)
John Fulton Reynolds was a career United States Army officer and a general in the American Civil War. One of the Union Army's most respected senior commanders, he played a key role in committing the Army of the Potomac…
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1820
American poet and educator (died 1917)
Kate Harrington, born Rebecca Harrington Smith and later known as Rebecca Smith Pollard, was an American teacher, writer and poet.
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1831
Italian soldier and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1918)
Ernesto Teodoro Moneta was an Italian journalist, nationalist, revolutionary soldier and later a pacifist and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. He adopted the motto In varietate unitas! which later inspired the motto of the…
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1833
Scottish-English chemist and physicist (died 1923)
Sir James Dewar was a Scottish chemist and physicist. He is best known for his invention of the vacuum flask, which he used in conjunction for his research into the liquefaction of gases. He also studied atomic and…
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1842
English-American photographer (died 1893)
William H. Illingworth was an English born photographer from St. Paul, Minnesota who accompanied both Captain James L. Fisk's 1866 expedition to the Montana Territory and Lt. Colonel George Custer's 1874 U.S. military…
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1844
Austrian psychologist (died 1914)
Susanna Rubinstein was an Austrian psychologist and the first woman to earn a doctorate from the University of Bern in Switzerland.
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1847
English playwright and critic (died 1929)
Henry Arthur Jones was an English dramatist, who was first noted for his melodrama The Silver King (1882), and went on to write prolifically, often appearing to mirror Ibsen from the opposite (conservative) viewpoint.…
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1851
Siamese king (died 1910)
Chulalongkorn, posthumously honoured as King Chulalongkorn the Great, was the fifth king of Siam from the Chakri dynasty, titled Rama V. Chulalongkorn's reign from 1868 until his death in 1910 was characterised by the…
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1853
American lawyer and publisher, 8th Librarian of Congress (died 1955)
George Herbert Putnam was an American librarian. He was the eighth Librarian of Congress from 1899 to 1939. He implemented his vision of a universal collection with strengths in many languages, especially from Europe…
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1861
French general (died 1958)
Maurice Gustave Gamelin was a French general who served as head of the French Army from 1935 and as Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Armies in France from the outbreak of the Second World War to his dismissal during the…
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1872
Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1949)
Sidney Olcott was a Canadian-born film producer, director, actor and screenwriter.
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1873
Hungarian race car driver (died 1944)
Ferenc Szisz, was a Hungarian racing driver and the winner of the first Grand Prix motor racing event on a Renault AK 90CV on 26 June, 1906.
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1873
German publicist and politician (died 1921)
Matthias Erzberger was a German Centre Party politician who served as the minister of finance of Germany from 1919 to 1920.
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1875
American inventor and chemist (died 1941)
Carleton Ellis was an American inventor and a pioneer in the field of organic chemistry. He was involved in the development of margarine, polyester, anti-knock gasoline, paint and varnish remover, and holder of 753…
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1876
American novelist, critic, and essayist (died 1968)
Upton Beall Sinclair Jr. was an American author, muckraker journalist, and political activist, and the 1934 Democratic Party nominee for governor of California. He wrote nearly 100 books and other works in several…
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1878
acting president of Mexico (died 1932)
Francisco Jerónimo de Jesús Lagos Cházaro Mortero was the acting President of Mexico designated by the Convention of Aguascalientes from 10 June to 10 October 1915.
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1878
Italian composer, musicologist and critic (died 1968)
Ildebrando Pizzetti was an Italian composer of classical music, as well as a musicologist and a music critic.
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1880
American editor (died 1947)
William Maxwell Evarts "Max" Perkins was an American book editor, best remembered for discovering authors Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, and Thomas Wolfe.
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1884
Maltese lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Malta (died 1950)
Enrico Mizzi was a Maltese politician, leader of the Maltese Nationalist Party from 1926 and briefly Prime Minister of Malta in 1950.
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1885
English author, poet, and critic (died 1945)
Charles Walter Stansby Williams was an English poet, novelist, playwright, theologian and literary critic. Most of his life was spent in London, where he was born, but in 1939 he moved to Oxford with the university…
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1886
Estonian wrestler (died 1962)
Oskar Kaplur was an Estonian wrestler. He competed for the Russian Empire in the lightweight event at the 1912 Summer Olympics.
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1889
American runner and general (died 1975)
Charles Decker Reidpath was an American track and field sprinter and winner of two gold medals at the 1912 Summer Olympics, who later went on to have an outstanding military career.
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1889
Estonian activist and politician (died 1967)
Linda Marie Eenpalu was an Estonian politician. She was a member of the National Constituent Assembly (1937) and a Member of the Second Chamber of the National Council (1938) and the first women in both of these…
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1890
Mexican revolutionary (died 1943)
Tomás Garrido Canabal was a Mexican revolutionary politician, soldier and atheist. Garrido Canabal served as governor of the state of Tabasco from 1920 to 1924 and from 1931 to 1934. He was noted for his…
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1891
Scottish-Canadian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1958)
Colin Fraser Barron was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
He was born at…
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1893
1893
German logician and philosopher of science (died 1937)
Walter Dubislav was a German logician and philosopher of science (Wissenschaftstheoretiker).
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1895
German-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (died 1973)
Leo Strauss was a German-American political philosopher and historian of philosophy whose work greatly influenced twentieth-century political theory in the United States and the study of classical political thought. He…
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1899
English author and poet (died 1971)
Florence Margaret Smith, known as Stevie Smith, was an English poet and novelist. She won the Cholmondeley Award and was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry. Stevie, a play by Hugh Whitemore based on her life, was…
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1902
French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1997)
Jean Dréville was a French film director. He directed more than 40 films between 1928 and 1969.
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1906
Russian mathematician (died 1983)
Vera Faddeeva was a Soviet mathematician. Faddeeva published some of the earliest work in the field of numerical linear algebra. Her 1950 work, Computational methods of linear algebra was widely acclaimed and she won a…
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1906
American mathematician (died 2008)
Dorothy Jean Johnson Vaughan was an American mathematician, human computer, computer programmer and schoolteacher who worked for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), and NASA, at Langley Research…
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1910
American ornithologist and academic (died 2001)
Sidney Dillon Ripley II was an American ornithologist and wildlife conservationist. He served as secretary of the Smithsonian Institution for 20 years, from 1964 to 1984, leading the institution through its period of…
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1913
1914
Pakistani politician, Prime Minister of Pakistan (died 2003)
Malik Meraj Khalid was a Pakistani barrister, politician and Marxist philosopher who served as the caretaker prime minister of Pakistan from 1996 to 1997. He also served as the chief minister of Punjab from 1972 to…
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1915
American basketball player and coach (died 2006)
Arnold Jacob "Red" Auerbach was an American professional basketball coach and executive. As head coach, he led the Boston Celtics to eight consecutive NBA championships between 1959 to 1966. On retiring in 1966, he held…
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1917
1917
Spanish actor (died 1994)
Fernando Casado Arambillet, best known as Fernando Rey, was a Spanish film, theatre, and television actor, who worked in both Europe and the United States. A suave, international actor best known for his roles in the…
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1917
American actress (died 2011)
Clarice Taylor was an American stage, film and television actress. She is best known for playing Cousin Emma on Sanford and Son; Anna Huxtable, the mother of Cliff Huxtable, on The Cosby Show; and Mrs. Brooks in Five on…
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1917
Uruguayan footballer (died 1996)
Obdulio Jacinto Muiños Varela was a Uruguayan football player. He was the captain of the Uruguay national team that won the 1950 World Cup after beating Brazil in the decisive final round match popularly known as the…
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1917
American animator, producer, and screenwriter, founded Jay Ward Productions (died 1989)
Joseph Ward Cohen Jr., known professionally as Jay Ward, was an American animator and producer. He is best known for creating The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends, alongside works featuring a diverse…
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1920
American drummer, composer, and bandleader (died 2013)
Foreststorn "Chico" Hamilton was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He came to prominence as sideman for Lester Young, Gerry Mulligan, Count Basie, and Lena Horne. Hamilton became a bandleader, first with a…
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1921
Canadian economist, academic, and politician (died 1992)
Maurice Sauvé was a Canadian economist, politician, cabinet minister and businessman. He was the husband of Jeanne Sauvé, who served as 23rd Governor General of Canada.
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1923
American singer (died 2016)
Myrtle Audrey Arinsberg, known professionally as Gogi Grant, was an American pop singer. She had a No. 1 hit in 1956 with "The Wayward Wind".
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1924
American director, and producer (died 2012)
Albert Marre was an American stage director and producer. He directed the stage musical Man of La Mancha in 1965, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Director of a Musical.
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1924
American singer and guitarist (died 2004)
Carlo Jackie Paris was an American jazz singer and guitarist. He is best known for his recordings of "Skylark" and "'Round Midnight" from the late 1940s to the early 1950s.
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1924
English composer and screenwriter (died 2001)
James Michael Bernard was a British film composer, particularly associated with horror films produced by Hammer Film Productions. Beginning with The Quatermass Xperiment, he scored such films as The Curse of…
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1925
King Rama VIII of Thailand (died 1946)
Ananda Mahidol was the eighth king of Siam from the Chakri dynasty, titled Rama VIII. At the time he was recognised as king by the National Assembly in March 1935, he went to Switzerland when he was nine years-old. He…
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1925
Italian motorcycle racer (died 1962)
Libero Liberati was an Italian former professional motorcycle road racer. He competed in the FIM Grand Prix motorcycle racing world championships from 1952 to 1959, most prominently as a member of the Gilera factory…
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1926
1927
English saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (died 2010)
Sir John Phillip William Dankworth was an English jazz composer, saxophonist, clarinettist and writer of film scores. With his wife, jazz singer Dame Cleo Laine, he was a music educator and also her music director.
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1927
American bassist, composer, and poet (died 1992)
Keith Moore "Red" Mitchell was an American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet.
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1927
Welsh actress (died 1980)
Rachel Roberts was a Welsh actress. She is best remembered for her screen performances as the older mistress of the central male characters in both Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960) and This Sporting Life (1963).…
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1927
Mozambican-Portuguese poet and radio host (died 2007)
Carlos Alberto Portugal Correia de Lacerda was a Portuguese poet and BBC Radio Presenter.
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1928
Argentinian dancer and choreographer (died 2012)
Olga Ferri was an Argentine choreographer and ballet dancer. For decades she was the leading figure of the ballet at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, along with Esmeralda Agoglia, María Ruanova, Violeta Janeiro and the…
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1928
American poet, editor, and critic (died 2018)
Donald Andrew Hall Jr. was an American poet, writer, editor, and literary critic. He was the author of more than 50 books across multiple genres including children's literature, biography, memoirs, essays, plays, sports…
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1928
Brazilian footballer (died 2026)
Juarez Teixeira was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward.
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1928
American actress and playwright (died 2015)
Anne Meara was an American comedian and actress. Along with her husband Jerry Stiller, she was one-half of the prominent 1960s comedy team Stiller and Meara. Their son is actor, director, and producer Ben Stiller. She…
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1929
Italian film director and screenwriter (died 2018)
Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani, collectively referred to as the Taviani brothers, were Italian film directors and screenwriters who collaborated on numerous film productions.
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1929
Scottish saxophonist and clarinet player (died 2016)
Joe Temperley was a Scottish jazz saxophonist. He performed with various instruments, but was most associated with the baritone saxophone, soprano saxophone, and bass clarinet.
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1929
American mathematician and philosopher (died 1971)
Richard Merritt Montague was an American mathematician and philosopher who made contributions to mathematical logic and the philosophy of language. He is known for proposing Montague grammar to formalize the semantics…
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1930
Thai director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2006)
Cherd Songsri was a Thai film director, screenwriter and film producer. A maker of period films that sought to introduce international audiences to his vision of Thai culture, his best-known work is the 1977 romance…
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1931
English footballer and manager (died 1999)
Dennis Sydney Viollet was an English footballer who played for Manchester United and Stoke City as well as the England national team. He was famous as one of the Busby Babes and survived the Munich air disaster. After…
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1933
Turkish World and Olympic champion sports wrestler (died 1976)
Hamit Kaplan was a Turkish World and Olympic champion sports wrestler of Circassian descent in the Heavyweight class. He won the gold, silver and bronze medal in men's freestyle wrestling at three consecutive Olympic…
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1934
Italian actress
Sofia Costanza Brigida Villani Scicolone, known professionally as Sophia Loren, is an Italian actress, active in her native country and the United States. With a career spanning over 70 years, she is one of the last…
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1934
Welsh academic and politician (died 2024)
David Ian Marquand FLSW was a British academic and Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP).
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1934
American actor (died 2004)
Jeff Morris was an American film and television actor. Among his roles was Bob, the owner of Bob's Country Bunker, in The Blues Brothers. He later reprised his role in Blues Brothers 2000.
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1934
Indian cartoonist, journalist, and activist (died 2015)
Rajinder Puri (1934–2015), was an Indian cartoonist, veteran columnist and political activist. He was on the staff of The Hindustan Times and The Statesman as a cartoonist and writer. Later, his column appeared in…
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1934
English footballer (died 1958)
David Pegg was an English footballer who played as an outside-left and one of the eight Manchester United players who died in the Munich air disaster on 6 February 1958.
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1935
English author and illustrator (died 2000)
Keith John Kingston Roberts was an English science fiction author. He began publishing with two stories in the September 1964 issue of Science Fantasy magazine, "Anita" and "Escapism".
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1935
American football player and sportscaster (died 2018)
James Charles Taylor was an American professional football player who was a fullback in the National Football League (NFL) for ten seasons, with the Green Bay Packers from 1958 to 1966 and with the expansion New Orleans…
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1935
Welsh author, screenwriter, and producer
Andrew Wynford Davies is a Welsh screenwriter and novelist, best known for his television adaptations of To Serve Them All My Days, House of Cards, Middlemarch, Pride and Prejudice, Bleak House, Mr Selfridge, War &…
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1936
Mexican footballer and manager (died 2012)
Salvador Reyes Monteón was a Mexican professional footballer who played as a forward.
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1936
Swedish politician, Swedish Minister for the Environment
Rut Birgitta Dahl was a Swedish politician of the Social Democratic Party. Dahl was a Member of Parliament from 1969 to 2002. She served as Minister for Energy from 1982 to 1990, as Minister for the Environment from…
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1937
English general
General Sir Garry Dene Johnson, is a retired British Army officer who served as Commander-in-Chief of Allied Forces Northern Europe from 1992 to 1994.
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1937
Swedish actress and singer (died 2005)
Monica Zetterlund was a Swedish jazz singer and actress. She represented Sweden in the 1963 Eurovision Song Contest with the jazz ballad "En gång i Stockholm". Through her lifetime, she starred in over 10 Swedish film…
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1937
1938
English soprano and educator (died 2021)
Jane Marian Manning OBE was an English concert and opera soprano, writer on music, and visiting professor at Guildhall School of Music & Drama and the Royal College of Music. A specialist in contemporary classical…
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1938
Japanese target shooter and politician, 92nd Prime Minister of Japan
Tarō Asō is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2008 to 2009. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), he also served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance from 2012 to…
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1940
American actor (died 2012)
William Franklin Finley was an American actor who appeared in the films The Funhouse, Simon, Silent Rage, Phantom of the Paradise, Sisters and The Wedding Party.
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1940
Welsh-English journalist and author
Anna Pavord is a British horticultural writer. She wrote for The Observer for over twenty years and for The Independent for over thirty years. Her book The Tulip (1999) was listed as a New York Times best seller.
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1940
American sculptor and educator
Dale Chihuly is an American glass artist. He is well known in the field of blown glass, "moving it into the realm of large-scale sculpture".
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1941
Irish footballer
Samuel Thomas McMillan is a Northern Irish ex-footballer who played as a left winger or centre forward for various Football League clubs in the 1960s and early 1970s, including Manchester United, Wrexham, Southend…
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1941
Gabonese lawyer and politician, President of Gabon (died 2015)
Rose Francine Rogombé was a Gabonese politician who was acting president of Gabon from June to October 2009, following the death of long-time President Omar Bongo. She constitutionally succeeded Bongo due to her role as…
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1942
English footballer (died 2018)
Paul Edward Madeley was an English footballer, who played for Leeds United and the England national team. During his career with Leeds, Madeley played in a variety of different playing positions which led to him being…
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1944
Spiritual Master, Head of Science of Spirituality
Rajinder Singh is the head of the international, non-profit organization Science of Spirituality (SOS), also known in India as the Sawan Kirpal Ruhani Mission. To his disciples he is known as Sant Rajinder Singh Ji…
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1946
American businessman and politician
Peter Hanson Coors is an American businessman and politician. He formerly served as the chairman of the Molson Coors Brewing Company and chairman of MillerCoors.
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1946
Indian lawyer and judge
Markandey Katju is an Indian jurist and a former judge of Supreme Court of India. He also was chairman of the Press Council of India from 2011 to 2014. He is the son of politician Shiva Nath Katju and grandson of…
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1946
Italian singer (died 1995)
Domenica Rita Adriana "Mimì" Bertè, known professionally as Mia Martini, was an Italian singer, songwriter and musician. She is considered, by many experts, one of the most important and expressive female voices of…
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1947
French journalist and author
Patrick Poivre d'Arvor is a French TV journalist and writer. He is a household name in France, and nicknamed "PPDA". With over 30 years and in excess of 4,500 editions of television news to his credit, he was one of the…
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1947
Filipino journalist and radio host
Reynante Magat Langit is a Filipino journalist. He is a longtime columnist for Philippine newspapers Tempo, Balita, People's Tonight, and Pilipino Mirror. He is also the main anchorman for the nationally-aired program…
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1948
American singer and actress (died 2014)
Victoria Mallory was an American singer and actress, best known for originating the role of Anne Egerman in the Broadway musical A Little Night Music. She was also an accomplished martial artist and model.
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1948
American novelist and short story writer
George Raymond Richard Martin, also known by the initials G.R.R.M., is an American author, screenwriter, and television producer. Martin is best known as the author of the epic fantasy novel series A Song of Ice and…
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1948
American bass player
Charles Salvatore "Chuck" Panozzo is an American musician best known as a co-founder of the rock band Styx. He is currently a part-time bass player in the band, sharing bass duties with Terry Gowan. Panozzo is living…
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1948
American drummer (died 1996)
John Anthony Panozzo was an American drummer best known for his work with rock band Styx.
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1948
Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
Mahesh Bhatt is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter known for his works in Hindi cinema. Known for his unconventional narratives and exploration of bold themes, he was one of the most prominent filmmakers…
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1949
American actor
Anthony John Sarrero, also known by his stage name Anthony Denison, is an American actor.
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1949
Italian singer
Loredana Bertè is an Italian singer, songwriter and actress. She has worked with prominent Italian songwriters such as Pino Daniele, Ivano Fossati, Mario Lavezzi, Mango and Enrico Ruggeri, among others; her sister Mia…
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1950
American football player (died 2020)
Matthew Albert Blair was an American professional football linebacker who played for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL) for all 12 seasons of his career from 1974 to 1985. He played college…
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1950
Canadian ice hockey player (died 2022)
Guy Damien Lafleur, nicknamed "the Flower" and "Le Démon Blond", was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He was the first player in National Hockey League (NHL) history to score 50 goals in six consecutive…
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1951
Spanish journalist, author, and academic (died 2022)
Javier Marías Franco was a Spanish author, translator, and columnist. Marías published fifteen novels, including A Heart So White, Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me and the Your Face Tomorrow trilogy, widely regarded…
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1951
American actress
Deborah Ann "Debbi" Morgan is an American film and television actress. Morgan has appeared in a number of film and TV productions. She is best known for her portrayal of Angie Baxter–Hubbard on the ABC soap opera All My…
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1951
American wrestler
Jonathan Anthony Wisniski is an American retired professional wrestler, better known as Greg "the Hammer" Valentine. He is the son of wrestler Johnny Valentine.
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1951
Italian-Australian boxer
Rocky Mattioli is an Italian-born Australian former boxer at junior middleweight, and former world champion.
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1953
1953
Scottish lawyer and politician
Anne Caroline Ballingall McIntosh, Baroness McIntosh of Pickering is a British politician who has been a life peer since 2015.
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1954
American businessman, co-founded Broadcom Corporation
Henry Samueli is an American businessman and engineer. He is a co-founder of Broadcom Corporation, owner of the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League (NHL), and a prominent philanthropist in the Orange County,…
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1954
American actress
Betsy Brantley is an American actress. She has appeared in numerous films, plays, and television shows since the early 1980s. Her breakout role was in the 1982 film Five Days One Summer with Sean Connery.
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1955
English wrestler
John Lowing is a British retired professional wrestler best known under the ring name Johnny Kidd. Kidd was best known for his work during what was known as the Golden Era of British Wrestling.
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1955
Israeli singer
Haim Moshe,
born 20 September 1955 is an Israeli singer whose musical style has crossed over from Yemenite and Mediterranean "ethnic" music to include mainstream Israeli and western pop elements. He has helped Mizrahi…
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1955
1955
American mathematician and computer scientist
Jennifer Tour Chayes is dean of the college of computing, data science, and society at the University of California, Berkeley. Before joining Berkeley, she was a technical fellow and managing director of Microsoft…
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1956
1956
American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader
Steve Coleman is an American saxophonist, composer, bandleader and music theorist. In 2014, he was named a MacArthur Fellow.
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1956
English saxophonist, composer, conductor, and producer
John Crofton Harle OBE FRSA FGS FCL is an English saxophonist, composer, record producer, conductor and educator. He is an Ivor Novello Award winner, has been the recipient of two Royal Television Society awards and has…
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1956
New Zealand singer-songwriter
Alannah Joy Currie is a New Zealand artist based in London. She is a musician and activist, best known as a former member of the pop band Thompson Twins.
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1957
New Zealand actor and director
Michael Eric Hurst ONZM is a British-born New Zealand actor, director, and writer. He is known as a theatre actor, especially in Shakespearean roles, and more widely known for his roles in the television series…
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1957
Russian basketball player
Vladimir Petrovich Tkachenko is a retired Soviet and Russian professional basketball player. Tkachenko won two Summer Olympic Games medals and three FIBA World Cup medals with the senior men's Soviet Union national…
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1957
American wrestler and trainer
Martin Anthony Lunde, better known by his ring name Arn Anderson, is an American professional wrestling road agent, author, and retired professional wrestler. Although he is widely regarded as one of the greatest tag…
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1958
American trombonist and educator
Joseph Norman Alessi is an American classical trombonist with the New York Philharmonic.
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1959
Polish pianist and educator
Joanna Domańska is a Polish classical pianist and music teacher from Gliwice.
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1959
Turkish actress, producer, and screenwriter (died 2012)
Meral Okay was a Turkish actress, film producer and screenwriter.
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1959
1960
English singer-songwriter and drummer
David Robert Hemingway is an English musician and songwriter, best known as a vocalist for the Hull based band The Beautiful South until they disbanded in 2007. Previously he had been a member of The Housemartins.
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1960
American journalist
Deborah Ann Roberts is an American television journalist for the ABC News division of the ABC broadcast television network.
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1960
American lawyer and journalist
Lisa Read Bloom is an American civil rights attorney known for representing high-profile clients in cases involving sexual harassment, discrimination, and abuse. Bloom has represented clients like Janice Dickinson…
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1961
English politician, Minister of State for Europe
Caroline Louise Flint is a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Don Valley from 1997 to 2019. A member of the Labour Party, she attended the Cabinet as Minister for Housing and Planning in 2008…
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1961
Dutch retired football player and coach
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1961
Iraqi-English physicist, author, and academic
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1962
Pakistani cricketer
Anil Dalpat Sonavaria is a Pakistani former cricketer and coach. He was a lower-order batsman and wicketkeeper, and represented Pakistan for a brief interval in the early 1980s, when Wasim Bari was injured. He was the…
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1963
American bass player
Pennywise is an American punk rock band from Hermosa Beach, California, formed in 1988. The band took its name from the antagonist in Stephen King's horror novel It known as Pennywise.
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1964
Danish badminton player
Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen is a retired Danish badminton player and sports administrator. As a player, he won major international singles titles in the 1990s, culminated in the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and…
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1965
Portuguese singer-songwriter and guitarist
Nuno Duarte Gil Mendes Bettencourt is a Portuguese-American guitarist. He became known as the lead guitarist of the Boston rock band Extreme. Bettencourt has recorded a solo album and has founded rock bands including…
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1966
American wrestler
Death & Destruction was a professional wrestling tag team composed of Frank "The Tank" Parker and "Ruthless" Roger Anderson. They competed in numerous regional and independent promotions throughout the Southern United…
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1967
American football player
Martin Allen Harrison is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end for 10 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the San Francisco 49ers, the Minnesota Vikings, and the Seattle…
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1967
American actress
Kristen Angela Johnston is an American actress. Best known for her work on television sitcoms, she twice won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Sally Solomon…
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1967
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Nelson is an American hard rock duo consisting of brothers Matthew and Gunnar Nelson. They are the twin sons of Rick Nelson and Kristin Nelson. The duo achieved success during the early 1990s with their debut album…
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1967
American singer-songwriter and bass player
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1967
Pakistani cricketer and coach
Ijaz Ahmed is a Pakistani cricket coach and former cricketer who played 60 Test matches and 250 One Day Internationals for Pakistan from 1986 to 2001. He was a part of the Pakistani squad which won the 1992 Cricket…
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1968
English television and radio presenter, producer and author
Philippa Clare Ryan Forrester is a British television and radio presenter, producer and author.
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1968
1968
American race car driver (died 2004)
Darrell James Russell was an American National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) drag racer. He was the 2001 NHRA Rookie Of The Year. At the time, he was the third driver to win in his Professional class debut.
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1968
American writer (died 2022)
Norah Mary Vincent was an American writer. She was a weekly columnist for the Los Angeles Times and a quarterly columnist on politics and culture for the national gay news magazine The Advocate. She was a columnist for…
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1968
Irish-Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
John Patrick Thomas Pentland is an Irish-born rock guitarist and a member of the Canadian rock band Sloan. All four members of Sloan write, produce, and sing their own songs, but Pentland primarily plays lead guitar for…
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1969
Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
Timothy Adrian Rogers is an Australian musician and actor, best known as the frontman of the rock band You Am I. He has also recorded solo albums with backing bands. As of July 2013, Rogers has released 12 albums with…
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1969
American musician and songwriter
Hunter Benedict Shepherd is an American musician best known as the bassist of rock band Soundgarden, with whom he has won two Grammy Awards.
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1969
Dutch footballer and coach
Richard Peter Witschge is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He was known for his technique and passing ability.
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1969
American actress and dancer
N'Bushe Wright is an American actress and dancer. She attended and trained as a dancer at the Alvin Ailey Dance Center and the Martha Graham School of Dance. She is known mainly for her roles as the drug-addicted older…
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1970
New Zealand rugby player and coach
Todd Blackadder is a retired New Zealand rugby union player and professional rugby coach. He played 12 tests for the All Blacks, and had 14 appearances as captain. Blackadder captained the Crusaders to three Super Rugby…
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1971
Japanese pianist and composer
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1971
Swedish singer and television host
Dominika Peczynski is a Polish-Swedish singer, model and television host.
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1971
Canadian actress
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1972
Romanian jurist and politician, 63rd Prime Minister of Romania
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1972
American football player
Ronald Keith McKinnon is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He was originally signed as an undrafted free agent by the Arizona Cardinals out of…
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1973
1973
Italian actress
Asia Argento is an Italian actress and filmmaker. The daughter of filmmaker Dario Argento, she has had roles in several of her father's features and achieved mainstream success with appearances in XXX (2002), Land of…
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1975
American actress
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1975
American wrestling announcer
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1975
Colombian race car driver
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1975
American saxophonist and composer
Jason Robinson is an American composer, saxophonist, flutist, scholar, and educator. His music is rooted in the jazz tradition but draws on wide-ranging influences and approaches.
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1975
American actor
Jonathan Edward Bernthal is an American actor. After minor roles in film and television, he achieved prominence for his portrayal of Shane Walsh on the first two seasons of the AMC horror drama series The Walking Dead…
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1976
American political commentator
Ainsley Earhardt is an American conservative television host and author. She is a co-host of Fox & Friends.
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1976
1977
American journalist and academic
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1977
1978
Austrian-Italian singer-songwriter and producer
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1978
Puerto Rican-American boxer
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1978
American football player
Damieon Dante Hall is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver and return specialist for nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He is nicknamed "the Human Joystick" and "the…
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1978
Israeli singer
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1978
Australian rugby league player
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1978
American actor
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1978
American actress and beauty queen
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1979
1980
Russian cyclist
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1980
Spanish tennis player
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1981
American football player (died 2013)
David McMillan was an American professional football defensive end. He was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the fifth round of the 2005 NFL draft. He played college football for the Kansas Jayhawks.
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1981
Australian rugby league player (died 2014)
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1981
American baseball player
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1981
American ice hockey player
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1982
German race car driver
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1982
American dancer and choreographer
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1982
Ukrainian-Azerbaijani sprint kayaker
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1982
1982
1982
Vincentian-Spanish basketball player
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1983
Scottish runner
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1983
Puerto Rican baseball player
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1983
French figure skater
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1984
American baseball player
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1985
Japanese model and actress
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1985
Japanese wrestler
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1986
American actor
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1986
Turkish footballer
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1986
New Zealand rugby league player
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1986
American baseball player
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1986
1987
American drummer
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1987
Italian rugby player
Tito Tebaldi was an Italian rugby union player. He played as scrum-half.
He made his debut for Italy against Australia on 13 June 2009.
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1987
Russian ice hockey player
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1988
American football player
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1988
Russian mixed martial artist
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1988
Japanese singer and dancer
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1988
Australian rugby league player
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1988
1990
American football player
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1990
Lithuanian basketball player
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1990
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1990
Canadian ice hockey player
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1990
Ghanaian footballer
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1991
Polish footballer
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1992
American-Chinese basketball player
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1993
German footballer
Julian Draxler is a German professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Qatar Stars League club Al Ahli.
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1993
Dutch sailor
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1995
American actress
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1995
English footballer
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1995
1996
Israeli Olympic cyclist
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1997
American football player
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1998
American attempted assassin of Donald Trump (died 2024)
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